1971–72 Yugoslav First League

Yugoslav First League
Season 197172
Champions Željezničar Sarajevo
Relegated Radnički Kragujevac
Maribor
Top goalscorer Slobodan Santrač (33)

The 1971–72 Yugoslav First League season was the 26th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Željezničar Sarajevo winning the title.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Željezničar (C) 34 21 9 4 55 20+35 51 1972–73 European Cup
2 Red Star 34 19 11 4 57 21+36 49 1972–73 UEFA Cup
3 OFK Belgrade 34 17 11 6 56 26+30 45
4 Vojvodina 34 15 12 7 50 38+12 42
5 Partizan 34 15 9 10 41 35+6 39
6 Velež 34 14 10 10 58 32+26 38
7 Sloboda Tuzla 34 12 11 11 34 33+1 35
8 Dinamo Zagreb 34 11 10 13 47 40+7 32
9 Olimpija 34 13 5 16 46 515 31
10 Hajduk Split 34 12 7 15 45 5611 31 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
11 Vardar 34 8 14 12 31 4413 30
12 Čelik 34 9 12 13 27 4013 30
13 Borac Banja Luka 34 12 6 16 31 4615 30
14 Radnički Niš 34 11 7 16 38 4911 29
15 Sarajevo 34 10 8 16 43 463 28
16 Sutjeska 34 9 10 15 25 3914 28
17 Radnički Kragujevac (R) 34 7 10 17 24 5531 24 1972–73 Yugoslav Second League
18 Maribor (R) 34 3 14 17 24 6137 20

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First League topscorer: Slobodan Santrač (OFK Beograd) - 33 goals from 34 league match appearances

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):
Josip Katalinski (34/12)
Slobodan Janjuš (34/0) -goalkeeper-
Enver Hadžiabdić (34/0)
Božo Janković (33/13)
Blagoje Bratić (33/7)
Velija Bećirspahić (33/1)
Josip Bukal (32/14)
Edin Sprečo (32/5)
Branimir Jelušić (32/2)
Avdija Deraković (31/1)
Dragan Kojović (26/0)
Fahrija Hrvat (15/0)
Miloš Radović (8/0)
Slobodan Kojović (6/0)
Željko Rodić (4/0)
Nusret Kadrić (2/0)
Hajrudin Saračević (2/0)
Džemaludin Šerbo (2/0)

Promoted from Yugoslav Second League:

Club
FK Bor
Spartak Subotica

See also

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